5.5

CVE-2024-44990: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44990DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44990
Published 04-09-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-44990 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 19
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310RHSA-2024:8856

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu117 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 18cb261afd7bf50134e5ccacc5ec91ea16efadd4, < 81216b9352be43f8958092d379f6dec85443c309 | ≥ 18cb261afd7bf50134e5ccacc5ec91ea16efadd4, < 2f5bdd68c1ce64bda6bef4d361a3de23b04ccd59 | ≥ 18cb261afd7bf50134e5ccacc5ec91ea16efadd4, < 32a0173600c63aadaf2103bf02f074982e8602ab | ≥ 18cb261afd7bf50134e5ccacc5ec91ea16efadd4, < 0707260a18312bbcd2a5668584e3692d0a29e3f6 | ≥ 18cb261afd7bf50134e5ccacc5ec91ea16efadd4, < b70b0ddfed31fc92c8dc722d0afafc8e14cb550c | ≥ 18cb261afd7bf50134e5ccacc5ec91ea16efadd4, < 95c90e4ad89d493a7a14fa200082e466e2548f9d | 5.9
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.9, < 5.10.225 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.166 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.107 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.48 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.7 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.7-1

3 vendors · 120 products

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